CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 96

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Enclosure 1.

Dr. Toogood to Colonial Surgeon.

Civil Hospital,

August12th. 1889.

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Sir,

I have the honour to lay before you the

following facts concerning my appointment to this Colo-

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In April of the present year i applied to the

Colonial Office for an appointment as Superintendent of

a Hospital or Lunatic Asvlua, and in the course of a

few weeks was offered the post of Superintendent of the

Hongkong Fever Hospital, not the slightest intimation

being given me that I should be required to act in any

other capacity.

In accepting the profered appointment, I re-

signed the post of Assistant Superintendent of one of

the largest of the Metropolitan Infirmaries. I think

you will agree with me that it is impossible to imagine

that a man possessing the highest medical degree in the

United Kingdom, and holding a good appointment under

the Local Government Board, would wittingly accept an

inferior position in a tropical Colony, without any

material increase in salary.

However on my arrival here I found that not

Dr. P. R. C. Avres,

Colonial Surgeon,

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